Slow internet on Mac but not on PC

I've had my mac for about a year and also have a Dell desktop and a Dell laptop. I have DSL with a Linksys wireless router. My mac is an OS x 10.5.8 and I don't have antivirus software on it. I am still very new to the mac and don't know much about it.
We just had a new modem installed and our speed increased and my mac is very slow to connect to pages, but my Dell desktop and laptop are way faster. Did a speed test and download speed is 539 kb and upload speed is 389 kb.
What can I do to speed it up? Is a virus possible? Does my machine need regular maintenance like cleaning files or something? Wish I knew as much about my mac as I do my pc.

bumping because I've been having the same issue ever since I came home from college. basically the situation is that websites load extremely slowly on my mac pro, but not on any other computer (all windows pcs) connected to the same network. I even disconnected my mac pro and plugged in my windows laptop and the connectivity was fine - which makes me think it has something to do with the settings on the mac.
I disabled IPV6 and reboot my mac, router, and modem but to no avail. what's wrong?! has anyone found a definitive solution for this problem? it's very aggravating.

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A couple of days ago, my Mac started downloading Internet web sites much slower than normal. What took a couple of seconds (DSL connection) is now taking 10—15 or more. I have tried it wireless and wired. I get the same result. Even Itunes is extremely slow!
At first, it was on my Mac and my husband's PC. We rebooted the modem and restarted our computers. My husband's PC is zooming along. My Mac is still slowly downloading pages. I have rebooted my computer and DSL modem several times.
I also downloaded the latest edition of my browser, Firefox. I tried loading pages on Safari. Slow, slow, slow. Even launching the browsers is slow. All other applications are loading just fine and in a short amount of time (5 seconds or less). I have also cleared out my Firefox cache.
Just a few minutes ago I updated my security packages. That didn't help. I also verified and repaired my hard drive permissions.
Any ideas? Help! Thanks!

The musigal,
I would go to your System Preferences -> Network -> Built in Ethernet (Show: Network Status must be selected) and under TCP/IP click renew DHCP lease if you are using a dynamic address. Next write down the DNS Server information there (if any) and then delete it. You will need to do this for Airport as well. Reboot and try your internet connection.
If you still are having issues, check the results of the command "ipconfig /all" on the PC in command prompt and compare the "default gateway" and "DNS Server" to the "Router" and "DNS Servers" in System Preferences -> Network -> Built in Ethernet.
If you get it fixed you can further speed up Safari by using the command in Terminal.app First quit Safari and Mail:
sudo defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitInitialTimedLayoutDelay -float 0.25
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cd ~/Library/Mail
sqlite3 Envelope\ Index
vacuum subjects;
ctrl D (to end)
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mac book running slow I tried etresoft but not sure how to inturpret the results any help would be so awesome, thank you
Problem description:
Computer started running very slowly, when I type there is a delay and internet connection is very slow although it is not the wifi connection because it is running well on all other computers, phones, ect.
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated March 28, 2015 12:02:27 PM HST
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            2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
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         5%    ReportCrash
         2%    WindowServer
         1%    Microsoft PowerPoint
         1%    Google Chrome
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    137 MB    Google Chrome Helper
    107 MB    Microsoft PowerPoint
    103 MB    Dropbox
    94 MB    mds
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    440 MB    Free RAM
    2.27 GB    Active RAM
    536 MB    Inactive RAM
    1.05 GB    Wired RAM
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